The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is not an exact science.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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